Two days into a weeklong summer fine arts camp, the group of 34 students finished a rendition of a song from "Annie" and broke off to explore other artistic talents. ...more

June 25, 2008

TAMPA - Investigators have arrested a third man who they say was involved in breeding and training pit bulls to fight. ...more

June 18, 2008

TAMPA - Investigators looking in a home where they thought they would find the breeder of pit bulls bred for fighting also discovered three pounds of marijuana, Tampa police say. ...more

June 17, 2008

An early morning fire in Clearwater destroyed a home on Maple Street and killed the family's three adult dogs and six puppies. ...more

May 18, 2008

Hillsborough County deputies are searching for two people they say took a black Yorkshire terrier puppy from a Brandon pet store Sunday. ...more

February 8, 2008

A suspected prowler was shot in the face with a BB gun Friday night when he was caught near a dog kennel on private property. ...more

February 5, 2008

An animal cruelty investigation is under way after deputies discovered a house packed with 22 dogs, three cats and a seven-foot Burmese python on Thursday. ...more

February 1, 2008

As shocking as most people would consider the conditions of a woman's houses in Hudson after deputies discovered dozens of dogs and a carpet of feces inside, it isn't as surprising to Pasco Animal Services Manager Denise Hilton. ...more

November 17, 2007

Employees at a Largo pet store say a family of six worked together to steal a puppy, and they say they have the video to prove it. ...more

October 18, 2007

MIAMI - As a child, Lazaro Galindo cut open the family puppies "to see all the pretty colors inside." As a teen, he kept a black cauldron filled with hatchets and knives, all tools he used to sacrifice animals for his religion. He once told a detective he had an insatiable desire to eat human flesh. ...more

September 2, 2007